Talking cane

ABSTRACT

My invention shows how a walking cane can be made that would operate as a radio receiver to give a blind person instructions or warnings as they passed by obstacles in the city or town they lived in.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Blind people have enough trouble getting around the city or town theylive in. Most use some sort of cane to make sure they don't hit intosomething. However the standard canes in use today give no furtherinformation.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

My idea is simple. Why not make a cane that receives radio signals thatemit voice instructions. Kind of like how RFID works. For example if aperson is in a train station using the talking cane they could walkalong the station and hear from their cane what track they are near forexample the cane would pick up a signal from track 3 as they walked byand “talk” to the person saying track 3 so they would know what stair totake.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The drawing shows a cane with an antenna or radio receiver at the base,a battery, and a speaker all encompassed in the space of one cane.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring more particularly to the drawing, The talking cane would havean antenna or radio receiver at its base when a person using the canegot close enough to a transmitter placed at different locationsthroughout the city it would pick up the signal these transmittersrelayed and convert the signal into voice commands that the person wouldhear through the speaker. The cane would be powered by batteries thatwould fit in the space of the cane.

What I claim as my invention is:
 1. A walking cane that receives radiosignals and converts these signals into voice commands that are emittedby a speaker in the cane itself, this allows a blind person to receiveinstructions or warnings as they pass by various obstacles in the cityor town they reside in.